Curtain tapestry holdback



' D. M. SARKISIAN CURTAIN TAPESTRY HQLDBACK Filed March 3, 1925 w%Q/WWtioned which is inexpensive to manufacture Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED, STATES DICKRAN ML SARKISIAN, OF FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN TAPESTRY HOLDBACK.

Application filed March a To all whom z'tonag concern Be it known thatI, DTCKRAN M. Stains- IAN, a citizen of the United States, and residingat Forest Hills, county ofQueens, State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Tapestry Holdbacks, ofwhich the following is a specification. I

This invention relates broadly to curtain fixtures and particularly tothat class of article known as hold backs. j

An important object of the invention is to provide a deviceof thecharacter'menand so constructed as to be readily adapted to variousstyles of supports such as, for example, window casings withoutnecessitating any change or alteration in either the device itself orthe support to which the device is attached.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a device of thecharacter mentioned a simple and reliable means for locking the normallyretracted or depending curtain supporting or retaining member in anextended or curtain retaining position.

Other objects and certain advantages of the invention will becomeapparent from the following description when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a fragmental perspectiveview of a window frame showing the device embodying my inventionattached thereto.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device showing the same applied to oneparticular type of frame or supporting structure.

Figure 3 is a similar view to that of Figure 2 showing the deviceembodying my invention applied to a somewhat modified form of frame orsupporting structure.

Figure 4 is a somewhat enlarged fragmental view showing certain detailsof construction in elevation.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a view similar to that of Figure 4, the curtain retainingmember being shown in a retracted or depending position.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown what Iat present consider the preferred form of my invention the numeral 5indicates a window frame having associated therewith a curtain rod 6upon which is supported a curtain 7 adapted 1923. Serial No. 622,486.

to be retained in a retracted or drawn. back adjacent ends of theflanges 9 are bent at right angles as shown :in Figure 6 toprovidekeepers or locking elements 13. These keepers or looking elementsare adapted to cooperate with an elongated curtain retaining element14,-which at one-end is curved to'provide a hook 15. The opposite end'ofthe curtain retaining element l iis provided with an elongated, slot oropening 16 adapted to receive a rivet or other pivot element 17 having arelatively large head 18. This pivot element functions as ameansforsupporting the retaining. element 1 1 in its .retractedor dependingposition shown i.n,Figure'6 and function's'a'lso cooperatively with thekeepers or locking elements 13 to retain the retaining element 14 in itsextended or curtain retaining position shown in Figures 1 and 4;. Sincethe flanges 9 are provided with openings 11, the device as a unit may bereadily attached, as by means of screws or bolts 19, to the outer faceof a suitable support such as the window frame shown in Figures 1 and 3,but if the support to which the device is to be attached is soconstructed, as shown in Figure 2, that it is impracticable to readilyattach the device, the openings 20 formed in the bracket may be utilizedto receive the screws 21 thus making possible its practical attachmentto the plain surface of the support. It will'be readily appreciatedtherefore that the construction of the bracket 8 constituting a part ofmy invention is such that the device will readily accommodate itself tovarious types of supports without necessitating a change in 3 ment 14 inits extended position, is made possible by reason of the fact that theopening 16 is sufliciently elongated to permit the pivot end of theelement 14, after being swung from its depending position to .ahorizontal position to be urged into the space afl'orded between thelocking elements 13.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a bracket having apair of flanges, a curtain retaining element pivotally and slidablyconnected to said bracket, the pivo tal end of said curtain retainingelement being adapted to be swung about its pivotal connection with saidbracket and thereafter moved transversely to the axis of its pivotalconnection with said bracket into the space afforded between saidflanges whereby the curtain retalnlng element is locked 1n curtam-retaining position.

2. A device of the character described comprising a bracket vhaving apair "of flanges, the ends of said flanges being bent at right angles toprovide a pair of locking elements spaced from each other, a curtainretaining element pivotally and slidably con nected to said bracket, thepivotal .end of said curtain retaining element being adapted to assume aposition intermediate said locking element whereby the curtain retainingelement is locked in curtain retaining position.

3. A device of the character described comprising a bracket having apair of spaced looking elements'associated therewith, a curtainretaining element having a slot formed thereon, a pivoted elementpassing through said slot for pivotally and slidably connectingsaidretaining element to said bracket, the pivotal end of saidretainingelement being adapted to be swung about said pivoted element andthereafter slid upon the same into position intermediate said lockingelements.

4. A device of the character described comprising a bracket having aflange carried thereby, said flange being struck up to provide a pair ofspaced locking elements, a curtain retaining element having a slotformed thereon, a pivot element passing through said slot'for pivotallyand slidably connecting said retaining element to said bracket, thepivotal end of said retaining element being adapted to be swung aboutsaid pivotal element and thereafter slid about the same into positionintermediate said locking ele ments.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature to this specification.

DIOKRAN M. SARKISIAN.

